WP Block and Stop Bad Bots <= 6.92 - SQL Injection

9.8
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2022-0949
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published March 16, 2022
Last Updated November 30, 2022
Researcher cydave

Description

The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection WordPress plugin before 6.930 does not properly sanitise and escape the fingerprint parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the stopbadbots_grava_fingerprint AJAX action, available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection

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Vulnerability Details for Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug stopbadbots (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.930, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 6.930
Patched Version
  • 6.930

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